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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Layout for the User-Friendly Manual: Case Study on an Internet Set-Up Manual
Authors : Momoko Nakatani, Takehiko Ohno, Yurika Katagiri, Ai Nakane, Shuji Hashimoto
Published in: Design, User Experience, and Usability. Theory, Methods, Tools and Practice
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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We propose two design concepts for the user-friendly manual and compare them in an experiment. The first concept, which focuses on user comprehension, is to use one picture of the completed wiring. The second concept is to uses a series of steps from left to right with the goal of making the user follow the order. Trials show that participants presented with material based on the first concept tend to follow their own mental-model rather than the manual. Material based on the second concept also failed to make users follow the order. Some implications for the refinement of manual design are derived based on the results.